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A great big virtual bear hug goes out to all conservation-minded women AND men who participated in our Real Mama Grizzly campaign during National Women's History Month.

We set out to get 25,000 people to pledge to be real mama grizzlies in their everyday lives and our expectations were far surpassed. To date, more than 45,000 mama and daddy grizzlies have signed our pledge. Please click here if you haven’t pledged yet!

As I was sitting at the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee hearing on the National Park Service budget on Wednesday, the same thought kept running through my mind: funding the federal government in two weeks stints is no way to run a country. We’ve now had six short term budget bills since last September.

What makes a perfect ski day? Whether you are an easy-going recreational skier or a nationally ranked pro, it can be summed up pretty simply -- beautiful mountains, soft, pristine new fallen snow, and the rush of flying through the powder at speed. Skiers and snowboarders, here is what you should know: Most of what you love about skiing is going to change dramatically because of climate change.

The latest Gallup Environment poll shows strong public support for maintaining protection for key environmental benefits while relatively weaker support for dealing with the threat of global warming to all we hold dear:

As part of our WildAdventures Photo Contest we called for your best outdoor recreation photos in January and February, and now — after hours and hours of sifting through nearly 2,000 amazing shots — we’ve picked our top five favorite images (below). We need your help to determine the top prize. Please vote on your favorite now! We assure you, you’ll be glad you took a moment to enjoy the beauty.

Even as the oil and gas industry is raking in astonishing profits (Exxon’s profit alone totaled $30.5 billion last year), it is benefiting from a number of loopholes in our nation’s landmark environmental laws that put our lands, water, and air at risk. By our count, the oil and gas industry is exempt from key provisions of at least seven laws designed to protect the public and our special places.